Planet Dinosaur

30min

Documentary

Animation

The stories of the biggest, deadliest and weirdest creatures ever to walk the Earth, using the latest fossil evidence and immersive computer graphics.

Production Companies

Jellyfish Pictures

BBC

Episodes

Cast

Lost World

1. Lost World

30min

14th Sep 2011

In prehistoric North Africa, the carcharodontosaurus, a lizard-like carnivore with shark-like teeth more than six inches long, and the spinosaurus - at four metres, one of the biggest killers to walk the planet - once battled for supremacy.

Feathered Dragons

2. Feathered Dragons

30min

21st Sep 2011

A look at bizarre and extraordinary feathered dinosaurs, many of which have only just been discovered. These feathered beasts are revolutionising our understanding of life on Earth as they blur the boundaries between what we know of dinosaurs and birds.

Last Killers

3. Last Killers

30min

28th Sep 2011

A look at the last of the killer dinosaurs - carnivores that took killing to a new level. By the end of the Cretaceous period - 75 million years ago - these gigantic and specialised hunter-killers had spread throughout the globe. In the southern continents, it was the powerful and muscular abelisaurids that reigned supreme, but it was the famous tyrannosaurids (or tyrant dinosaurs) that dominated in the north.

Fight for Life

4. Fight for Life

30min

5th Oct 2011

This episode of the documentary series focuses on the Jurassic period, a time when the first giant killers stalked the Earth and lurked in the seas.

New Giants

5. New Giants

30min

12th Oct 2011

This episode focuses on the new giants, the heavyweights of the dinosaur world. It is only in recent years that experts have unearthed the biggest dinosaurs that ever lived.

The Great Survivors

6. The Great Survivors

30min

19th Oct 2011

The final episode explores dinosaurs' extraordinary ability to survive.

First air date

14th Sep 2011

Last air date

19th Oct 2011

Status

Ended

Type

Miniseries

Original language

en

Networks